Danny Russel quoted in CNN article, “U.S. Move to Shut China’s Houston Consulate Draws Questions About Political Motives”
“Former officials were perplexed. Danny Russel, the former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs who left the department in 2017, said that when he was at State and the National Security Council, ‘the Chinese consulate in Houston did not have a particular reputation as an acute …
Read MoreDanny Russel interviewed on CNBC’s Squawk Box Asia
“China will inevitably retaliate over the United States’ ordered closure of the mainland’s Houston consulate, adding to ‘escalating tit-for-tat’ bilateral tensions, says Daniel Russel, vice president for international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute…” Watch the full interview here: Full Interview
Read MoreRachel Ellehuus quoted in NPR article, “‘Maybe I’m Not as Safe as Before’: Turkish Admiral Seeking Asylum In U.S. Speaks Out”
“‘I wouldn’t say it’s entirely implausible,’ says Rachel Ellehuus, deputy director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. ‘I’ve never seen proof to that end.’ “Still, Ellehuus and others say that Erdogan has clearly benefited from the coup — which he …
Read MoreMiriam Vogel quoted in Built In article, “Why Racial Bias Still Haunts Speech-Recognition AI”
“Miriam Vogel, who is president and CEO at Equal AI, an organization that helps companies and policymakers address bias in AI, said the findings published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could have far-ranging implications for Black speakers using these systems, from being shut out of …
Read MoreJulie Smith quoted in POLITICO article, “How U.S., Allies Can Confront the China Challenge”
“Build Bridges: Others see big opportunities to respond to China’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). ‘The EU and the U.S. should create a joint investment fund that would support investment projects abroad and counter China’s BRI,’ said Julianne Smith, director of the Asia Program and the Geopolitics Program at …
Read MoreDanny Russel quoted in The New York Times article, “U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate, Citing Efforts to Steal Trade Secrets”
“Daniel Russel, who served in Mr. Stilwell’s job during the Obama administration, said closing the Houston consulate ‘further reduces the few remaining diplomatic channels between the two sides and is a step that will prove difficult to reverse.’ “’The China accusation that this move has more to do with presidential …
Read MoreRachel Ellehuus quoted in Foreign Policy article, “4 Key Takeaways from the British Report on Russian Interference”
“While Russia has long honed its hacking and disinformation skills on neighboring countries in Eastern Europe, the report notes that Russia’s efforts to sway voters in Scotland ahead of the 2014 independence referendum marked the first known attempt to interfere in the democratic processes of a Western country. Rachel Ellehuus, …
Read MoreMichèle Flournoy and Gabrielle Chefitz write in NBC’s Think: “China’s Military Capabilities Are Gaining on the U.S. The Pentagon Needs to Take Bold Steps.”
“The next U.S. administration will face an increasingly emboldened and aggressive China — one that has shown a growing willingness to use coercive measures to stake its territorial claims from the South China Sea to Taiwan to the Indian border region. Although neither Washington nor Beijing wants a war, there …
Read MoreLisa Monaco quoted in Wired article, “Chinese Hackers Charged in Decade-Long Crime and Spying Spree”
“‘I think the 2015 agreement was a major accomplishment, and it followed sustained pressure by the Obama administration on the Chinese government regarding malicious cyberactivity including intellectual property theft,’ says Lisa Monaco, former homeland security advisor to Obama and currently a partner at law firm O’Melveny & Myers. ‘But the …
Read MoreJen Psaki writes in CNN: “The Roberts Court Is Striking at The Heart of Democracy”
“Joe Biden’s recent rise in national polls has led some Democrats — myself included — to fear that complacency will set in, and voters won’t take the threat of President Donald Trump’s reelection seriously. “But there is something else that should be generating a great level of concern — the …
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